Teheran

or Teh·ran

[ te-ran, -rahn, te-huh-, tey-uh-; Persian te-hrahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.

Teheran

1. Capital of Iran and the largest city in the country; located in northern Iran.

Notes

Site of the Teheran Conference (1943), at which United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met and agreed on Allied war plans and postwar cooperation in the United Nations .

Example Sentences

In those days, the East began in Teheran,” Picco wrote in his 1999 biography, “Man without a Gun: One Diplomat’s Secret Struggle to Free the Hostages, Fight Terrorism, and End a War.”

From Seattle Times

According to the US, Moscow and Teheran now have a fully-fledged defence partnership.

From BBC

Bahrain accuses Shi'ite Iran of fomenting unrest, charges Teheran denies.

From Reuters

Russia's military cooperation with Iran will not succumb to geopolitical pressure, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, following a report that Washington has asked Teheran to stop selling drones to Moscow.

From Reuters

The report from Teheran today said Zahedi had been installed as the new premier.

From Seattle Times